Performer: Jimmy MacPartland's Squirrels; Jimmy MacPartland; Joe Harris; Ross McHargue; Dick Clark; Dick MacPartland; Jack Gardner; Country Washburn; George Wettling
Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to transfer this record. They are 3.5 mil truncated eliptical, 2.3 mil truncated conical, 2.8 mil truncated conical, 3.3 mil truncated conical. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with Turnover: 400.0, Rolloff: -12.0.
The preferred versions suggested by an audio engineer at George Blood, L.P. have been copied to have the more friendly filenames.
Matrix number: 90699A
Catalog number: 1003
Other IDs from the record include: (90666)
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Notes
The recording on the other side of this disc: Panama
Reviews
Reviewer:
arc-claire
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July 28, 2017
Subject: fixed
Subject: fixed
"MacPartlands's" changed to "MacPartland's."
"Weetling" changed to "Wettling."
"Weetling" changed to "Wettling."
Reviewer:
fixthe78s
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May 10, 2017
Subject: please fix
Subject: please fix
Performer should be Jimmy MacPartland's (not MacPartlands's)
George Wettling (not Weetling)
George Wettling (not Weetling)
Reviewer:
brewster
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April 12, 2017
Subject: 1936 78rpm record
Subject: 1936 78rpm record
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JIMMY MacPARTLAND’S Squirrels (HRS 1003, 1004)
Panama – I’m All Bound Round With The Mason Dixon Line; Original Dixieland One-Step — Eccentric. Jimmy Macpartland trumpet; Joe Harris, trombone; Rosy McHargue, clarinet; Dick Clark, tenor sax; Jack Gardner, piano; Dick MacPartland, guitar; Country Washburn, tuba; George Wettling, drums.
These records were made in Chicago in the spring of 1936, under the supervision of “Squirrel” Ashcraft of the Chicago Rhythm Club, and are now issued for the first time on the Hot Record Society’s label. They are unusual sides, made to prove the acceptability of two-beat music today; and the beautiful ensembles in the first half of Eccentric, for instance, ought to prove that Dixieland will be good as long as there are good men to play it. These are good records, and would have been even better if the curiously assorted men had been used to playing together.
Several other musical axes were ground at this date. It was Jimmy Macpartland’s first appearance on wax since 1929, for one thing. The clarinetist, Rosy McHargue, and the pianist, Jack Gardner, are little known in hot circles (McHargue recorded with Trumbauer, and Gardner with Mannone and his present leader, Harry James).The bassist plays a tuba.
Taking these points one by one, we may observe first that MacPartland here plays very much as he always did: in a clear, simple, economical style, with great timing and fine self-possession. In spite of the stories, his lip seems adequate. McHargue is a surprise; he plays lovely Dixieland clarinet (reminiscent of Omer Simeon in the last chorus of Panama), with good tone, line, ideas and phrasing, as well as a special gift for striking solo entrances. Jack Gardner proves to be a more than satisfactory pianist, and his solos on Panama and Eccentric are excellent. Washburn’s tuba is intelligently recorded, at low volume, so that it doesn’t put itself forward unpleasantly. It’s not at all objectionable, though a string bass might have added more swing to the rhythm 8ection.
There’s less to say of the other musicians. Wettling’s name speaks for itself. Clark, who played with the Goodman orchestra at the time, supplements McHargue’s clarinet in its busy counterpoint to the trumpet part. The weakest man in the band is Harris, with his imitative style and uneven playing.
The first half of Eccentric is all ensemble and it’s some of the loveliest Dixie all-in you could ask for. Entirely relaxed, playing in a perfect, esay tempo, the band moves along splendidly behind MacPartland. There follows Gardner’s piano solo backed only by Wettling. A poor trombone chorus then leads back into an ensemble but the band has tightened up, and hits off very weakly to the end.
The One-Step is taken at the proper fast time, opening and closing with good ensembles. Gardner, Clark. McHargue and Harris solo; Mason-Dixon, an unfamiliar tune, has solos by Clark, Gardner and McHargue sandwiched between the ensembles. Panama comes fast, as you would expect it with solos by McHargue, MacPartland, Clark, Harris and Gardner. MacPartland’s trumpet solo, his only one on the session, picks up well after an uncertain beginning but doesn’t compare to his beautiful ensemble work. Catch McHargue’s clarinet in the last ensemble chorus.
JIMMY MacPARTLAND’S Squirrels (HRS 1003, 1004)
Panama – I’m All Bound Round With The Mason Dixon Line; Original Dixieland One-Step — Eccentric. Jimmy Macpartland trumpet; Joe Harris, trombone; Rosy McHargue, clarinet; Dick Clark, tenor sax; Jack Gardner, piano; Dick MacPartland, guitar; Country Washburn, tuba; George Wettling, drums.
These records were made in Chicago in the spring of 1936, under the supervision of “Squirrel” Ashcraft of the Chicago Rhythm Club, and are now issued for the first time on the Hot Record Society’s label. They are unusual sides, made to prove the acceptability of two-beat music today; and the beautiful ensembles in the first half of Eccentric, for instance, ought to prove that Dixieland will be good as long as there are good men to play it. These are good records, and would have been even better if the curiously assorted men had been used to playing together.
Several other musical axes were ground at this date. It was Jimmy Macpartland’s first appearance on wax since 1929, for one thing. The clarinetist, Rosy McHargue, and the pianist, Jack Gardner, are little known in hot circles (McHargue recorded with Trumbauer, and Gardner with Mannone and his present leader, Harry James).The bassist plays a tuba.
Taking these points one by one, we may observe first that MacPartland here plays very much as he always did: in a clear, simple, economical style, with great timing and fine self-possession. In spite of the stories, his lip seems adequate. McHargue is a surprise; he plays lovely Dixieland clarinet (reminiscent of Omer Simeon in the last chorus of Panama), with good tone, line, ideas and phrasing, as well as a special gift for striking solo entrances. Jack Gardner proves to be a more than satisfactory pianist, and his solos on Panama and Eccentric are excellent. Washburn’s tuba is intelligently recorded, at low volume, so that it doesn’t put itself forward unpleasantly. It’s not at all objectionable, though a string bass might have added more swing to the rhythm 8ection.
There’s less to say of the other musicians. Wettling’s name speaks for itself. Clark, who played with the Goodman orchestra at the time, supplements McHargue’s clarinet in its busy counterpoint to the trumpet part. The weakest man in the band is Harris, with his imitative style and uneven playing.
The first half of Eccentric is all ensemble and it’s some of the loveliest Dixie all-in you could ask for. Entirely relaxed, playing in a perfect, esay tempo, the band moves along splendidly behind MacPartland. There follows Gardner’s piano solo backed only by Wettling. A poor trombone chorus then leads back into an ensemble but the band has tightened up, and hits off very weakly to the end.
The One-Step is taken at the proper fast time, opening and closing with good ensembles. Gardner, Clark. McHargue and Harris solo; Mason-Dixon, an unfamiliar tune, has solos by Clark, Gardner and McHargue sandwiched between the ensembles. Panama comes fast, as you would expect it with solos by McHargue, MacPartland, Clark, Harris and Gardner. MacPartland’s trumpet solo, his only one on the session, picks up well after an uncertain beginning but doesn’t compare to his beautiful ensemble work. Catch McHargue’s clarinet in the last ensemble chorus.
